Weavers (Ploceidae)

Bob-tailed Weaver (Brachycope anomala) - HBW 15, p. 157

French: Brachycope du Congo German: Kurzschwanzweber Spanish: Tejedor Anómalo

Taxonomy: Ploceus anomalus Reichenow, 1887, Stanley Falls (Boyoma Falls), DRCongo.
This species' generic affiliation uncertain; in the past has often been placed in Quelea or Euplectes. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Cameroon (on R Sangha tributaries), PRCongo (on R Congo and R Ubangi drainage), S Central African Republic (on R Ubangi) and DRCongo (on R Congo, R Ubangi, R Uele and R Ariwumi, old record from Boma).